June 30, 1898,] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Auburn Gun Club. 



AtTBUBN, N. Y„ June 25.— The following scores were made at 

 the regular club shoots of tbe Auburn Gun Club on Juue 1 and 22, 

 the conditions being 20 kingbird targets per man: 

 Olis^ .A* 



Stewart*..lllll1 11111111111 111—20 >Carr . . ..111111101 111111 11110-18 

 Tuttle ... .11111111111111111110-19 Whyte.. ..11011111111111111101-18 

 Brigden.. .11111111111111110111-19 Corning . .10111111111011111111-18 

 Class B. 



Vand'rloolinnili 11111110110-18 Doan 11001111111011111000-14 



Church. ..11110111111111111110-18 Garrett. . .01101111101111011001-13 

 Class C. 



Goodrich .11011111111111101111-18 Tripp 11110010111111101100-13 



White. . . . 11011101111001101110-14 



On the shout-off of the tie in class B Vanderloo broke 8 and 

 Church 7 out of 10. * Handicapped 2yds. tHandicapped 3yds. 



June 22: 



Class A 



Whyte. ...01111111111111011111—18 Cair 11111111010111111111—18 



Tuttle 11111101011111111111-18 Corning... 11111101111011110110-16 



Shoot-ofT of tie postponed. 



Class B. 



Nellis 10111001011111101111-15 Garrett. . .10111001011111111110-15 



Nellis won on the shoot-off by a score of 10 to 7. 



Class C. 



Goodrich*lllllini01011111110-17 Webster. .10011011111101001110-13 



Tripp 1111011011 1111101111-17 White . . . .10101011001111101011-13 



Barnes... .10111110111011101111-16 Kerr 11011110001 000011000- 9 



Egbert . . .10111101111101001111-15 



On' shoot-off Goodrich broke 10 to Tripps 4. *Handicapped 

 2yds. 



Lynchburg Gun Club. 



Lynchburg, Va., June 21.— The gun club held its weekly shoot 

 this P. M. While the shooting was going on the "saucer 

 smashers" were surprised by a treat in tbe shape of raspberries, 

 cream and cake, served in elegant style, by Mrs. Geo. W. Lang- 

 home, whose residence is near the club grounds. The capacity 

 for eating that those tobacco chewers developed at short notice 

 was something wonderful. However, they lived to finish the 

 following scores: 



No. 1, 5 bluerocks each man: 



Terry .10111—4 Smith 10101—3 



Nelson 01010—2 Dornin 10111-4 



Moorman 11100—3 Cleland 11111—5 



No. 2, 10 bluerocks: 



Terry 1111111111—10 Smith 1101111111— 9 



Nelson 1100000010- 3 Dornin ..1101111111— 9 



Moorman 1110111111— 9 Cleland 1111111110— 9 



No. 3, for badge, 9 singles and 3 pair: 



Dornin 111011111 01 00 00-10 Withers.. .110100001 00 10 10-6 



Nelson 100010111 10 10 00— 7 Adams ...001101011 10 1110-9 



Terry 110111111 10 10 10-11 Cleland... 111111111 1100 10—12 



Moorman.. 101110111 10 10 10-10 Owen 001110101 00 10 00—6 



Smith 011011010 10 1111-10 Durphy.. -.111110110 10 10 11—11 



Nos. 4 and 5, 10 singles, uuknown angles: 



Withers 8 7 Owen 6 7 Smith 8 8 



Dornin 8 9 Terry 10 10 Nelson 7 6 



Cleveland 8 8 Moorman 8 9 Clark 7 6 



Durphy 5 5 Adams 7 6 D. 



The Summer Season at Hollywood. 



The Hollywood Gun Club opened its summer season at Long 

 Branch, N. J., on June 24, the initial contest being tbe Overture 

 Prize sboot, first prize being a magnificent silver pitcher valued at 

 $200, second prwe value $50, and third prize value $25. The condi 

 tions were 15 live birds each, Monaco boundary, the handicaps rang- 

 ing from 26 to 31yds,, five traps, $15 entrance fee. John S. Hoey 

 was referee and Harold H. Waliack, of the Central Gun Club, official 

 scorer. It was 2 P. M. when the contest began, there being seven- 

 teen entries as follows: Fred Hoey, 31yds. ; Moore, 26; Thompson, 

 31; Kittridge, 28; Poland, 29; Capt. Monev. 31; Laaew, 27; Daven- 

 port, 30; Duryea, 28; Brokaw. 28; Harrold,* 28; Work, 30: N. Money 

 28; P. Daly, Jr., 28; Dr. Wilson, 28; Williams, 30; Post, 26. 



Under the rules the shooter missing two birds drops out until the 

 contest is finished , and then if he has an opportunity of winning he 

 has the privilege of making an effort. Fred Hoey was the first to 

 dropout. Moore. Thompson, Kittridge, Dorland, Davenport, Daly, 

 Wilson and Williams dropped out on the seventh round. Capt. 

 Money retired with one miss in the eighth round, Brokaw with four 

 in the eleventh, Harrold with four in the fourteenth, and Post with 

 three in the thirteenth round. 



This left Duryea, Work and Noel Money in with fourteen straight 

 « kills. Work was the first of the trio to miss. Duryea followed next. 

 This left Money in alone and he had only to kill his twentv-third 

 straight to win, which he did easily. The three prizes were then 

 awarded to these gentlemen: First, to Noel Money, of Oakland, N. J,: 

 second, to H. L. Duryea, of Ked Bank, N. J., and third to George 

 Work, of New York. 



Big Tournament in Newark. 



The Newark (N. J.) Shooting Society will hold its forty-first annual 

 prize and King shoot at the Newark Shooting Park on July 4 and 5, 

 the following prizes being offered: 



Ring target, open to all, any rifle. Tickets (3 shots), for .$1. Re- 

 entries unlimited. Aggregate of three tickets to count for first three 

 prizes; Two tickets for next three prizes; one ticket for all other 

 prizes. No shooter to take more than one prize and one premium. 

 Ties to be divided. Twentv prizes, $50 to $1. Premiums for best five 

 tickets, $10, $7, $3. 



Bullseye target, open to all comers, any rifle. Tickets (10 shots), 

 for $1. This target has a black of 12in. diameter, bullseye in center 

 of 3in. diameter. Only shots in the bullseye count. Re-entries un- 

 limited. Prizes to be awarded for the best center shots. Fifteen 

 prizes, $25 to $1. Premiums, $10, $6, $4, $2, $1. 



Target of honor, open only to members of the Newark Shooting 

 Society. Prizes— The annual King's medal, presented by the Society 

 to the member making highest score who has not already won a 

 King's medal, and all prizes offered by members and their friends. 



The Boston Shooting Association. 



Wellington, June 25.— There was a fair attendance at the regular 

 weekly shoot of tbe Boston Shooting Association this afternoon and 

 good scores were made Merchandise match, 15 singles and five 

 pairs. Class A— Stanton 24. Bradbury 23, Comee and Jones 22, Stone 

 and Sanborn 20. Class B— Daniels and Bradstreet 22, Gale and War- 

 ren 20, Gove and Amsden 19. Class C— Parker 20. 



A Reply to "Rustic." 



Hutchinson, Kans.. June 13.— In your last issue I noticed a 

 communication from "Rustic," in which he seems to think that 

 the State Association made a mistake in locating their State 

 tournament for '93 in McPherson. Now, I wish to state as a 

 member of the McPherson Gun Club that I have attended every 

 tournament held by the association since its organization, and 

 our club has alweys been well represented, too. We have a repre- 

 sentation of twelve members this year, and most of them shooters 

 who took part in nearly all tbe events, as the scores will show. I 

 will say this to "Rustic"— if Kansas City, Kans.. or any of the 

 other large cities of Kansas want the State shoot, why don't they 

 come after it? I expect the tournament next year will be the 

 grandest meeting ever held by the association. Although I do not 

 live in McPherson, but at Hutchinson, 27 miles from there, I am 

 a member of their club, and will say that McPherson has as good 

 grounds and as fine a set of sportsmen who are well up in the 

 "art" as you will find anywhere. Your worthy correspondent 

 also states that trap shooters in the eastern part of the State can 

 better afford to shoot than their western brethren. Granting 

 this to be true how would we poor Westerners be able to get to 

 Kansas City, Kans.? If Brother Rustic will take the trouble 

 to carefully look the scores over he will find that the poor 

 "starvelings" from the West greatlv outnumbered tbe bloated 

 bondholders from the effete East. Now, if Kansas City, Kans., 

 wants the State tournament in '94 let her come after it, and no 

 one will be more willing to see it go there than yours respect- 

 fully. Will Allen. 



Hutchinson, Kans. 



New London. 



New London, Conn., June 22.— Inclosed we hand you scores 

 made at the regular weekly shoots of the New London Gun Club 

 during the past month or so, which we will be pleased to have 

 you ruu: 



April 22.— Club race. 25 Keystones: Penrose 24, Cady 22, Strong 

 21, Ames 22, Dunbar 20, Clinton 17. Bush 21. 



May 6— Club race for medal, 25 singles: Ames 23, Dunbar 20, 

 Hibbar<t 19, Bush 21, Clinton 20, Conner 20. 



May iS.— Club race: Penrose 24, Strong 20, Ames 22, Hibbard 17, 

 Connor 20, Bush 15, Clinton- 14. 



May 20.— Club race: Penrose 20, Cady 21, Strong 17, Ames 18, 

 Bush 13. Clinton 18. A. Hebbard 17, Dunbar 20, G. Dart 11. 



June 17.— Club shoot for medal: Ames 18, Penrose 21. A. Heb- 

 bard 22, Bush 22, C. Ames 18, D. Atwood 16, Clinton 11. Tie: Heb- 

 bard 14, Bush 15. 



Team shoot, expert rules: 



Strong 1110011111—8 Ames 1011111 101- 8 



Penrose 1111 110101-8 Cady 111111101 0—8 



A Hebbard 1111111110-9 Dunbar 1000111000-4 



Bush limiU01-9-34 Clinton 0101000000-2-22 



Blooming Grove Summer Tournament. 



The Blooming Grove Park Association will hold its mid-sum- 

 mer tournament at its park, in Pike county, Pa., on July 2 and 4, 

 the events to be as follows: 



Live bird contest, two prizes, 15 birds, handicap rise, 28, 27, 26 

 and 25yds., men allowed one miss to be scored as no bird; ties at 

 3 birds, no allowance; entrance fee $6, 10 entries required, double 

 entries allowed. 



Clay bird contest, new subscription cup: 25 clays, ties at 5 clays, 

 entrance free to all those who have subscribad for this cup, all 

 other members may enter upon subscribing $5: handicap distance 

 10 and 12yd8 , one trap; 14, 16 and 18yds., three traps, unknown 

 angles, winner to go back 2yds. each time. The person winning 

 this cup three times retains it. It has been won once by Mr. 

 Cruger, score 21. 



Rifle contest, three prizes: 200yds. off-hand, only open sights 

 allowed, 10 shots, Creedmoor target; ties 5 shots; 10 entries re- 

 quired, entrance fee $5, double entries allowed. 



Fly-casting, three prizes: Each contestant handicapped by his 

 best record at any of the club's previous tournaments, entrance 

 fee $2. 



The Wilkesbarre Gun Club. 



WiLKERBAitHE, Pa., June 25.— Following are the scores made at 

 the practice shoot of our new gun club on Saturday June 25. All 

 are beginners at trap shooting with the exception of Park and 

 Ely. The grounds are situated near the Wilkesbarre gun fac- 

 tory. Bluerock targets were used and thrown hard. First match, 

 25 singles, known angles: 



T Ely 111 1 111111111 1111 1111 1110—23 



W K Park lllllOllOlllllllOllinOll-21 



Dr Warren 0011111011101111000100111—16 



Tom Smith 1100101100010000000111011—11 



RErnest, 1 10 10 101010000101110 10000-10 



Kid Arnold 1010010000101000001101010- 9 



Second match, 25 bluerocks, under Paul North's expert ruips: 



W K PaJk 1111111101111110111111111-23 



Dr Warren 1110111001)111111000101111—17 



T Ely 1001110000101110111111110—16 



Tom Smith .- 0001001100110011101101111—13 



R Ernest 0101001000010001010000110— « 



Kid Arnold OOOOOOIOIOOIIOOOOOOOIHOO— 7 



W. Barbe. 



Sykes Wins the Newton Badge. 



The Atlantic Rod and Gun Club held its regular shoot at the 

 West End grounds. Coney Island, on June 23, eighteen members 

 reporting for the shoot for the Newton badge and extra prizes. 

 Each man shot at ten live birds, club handicap, modified Hurling- 

 ham rules. The scores follow: 



Regular Shoot, 10 birds each: A. Boyle, 8, J. Voorhees, 9, T. 

 Buckley, 8, W. Boyle, 9, C. Furguesen, Jr., 9, G. Nostrand, 8, D. 

 Monsees, 9, H. Kronika, 9, M. Bonden, 6, W. Sykes, 9, R. R. Street, 

 10. H Balzer, 9, Chris. Meyer, 9, R, Dwyer, 10, C. E. Morris, 10. G. 

 Kleist, 8, W. Weber, 6, C. A. Sykes. 10. 



Ties for Newton Badge and First Prize: R. R. Street, 3, R. 

 Dwyer. 15, C, E. Morris, 7. C. A. Sykes. 16. 



Ties for Second Prize: J. Yoorhees, 18, C. Furguesen, Jr., 17, W. 

 F. Sykes, 13, D. Monsees, 4, H. Balzer. 4. H. Kronika, 1, C. Meyer, 1. 



Ties for Third Prize: A. Boyle, 5, W. Boyle, 5, G. Kleist, 5, T. 

 Buckley, 2, 2, G. Nostrand, 1. 



Referee, Mr. W. Weber. Scorer, Mr. C. A. Dellar. 



The Trap at Hamilton. 



Hamilton. Ont., June 13.— At the regular monthly shoot of the 

 Hamilton Gun Club to-day Hunt won the challenge medal for the 

 third time in succession, defeating Parker with a score of 20 to 13. 

 The conditions for the medal are 15 singles from 5 unknown trapg 

 and 5 pairs from 3 traps. For the club medal Allen wen in first 

 class and Parker in second, making Allen's first win and Parker's 

 second. These medals are to be won four times before claiming 

 ownership. 



First sweep, 5 birds, rapid firing: 



Bowron 3 D Smith 3 Clifford ,4 



J Smith. 4 Spencer 2 Parker 3 



Wilson 5 A Smyth 4 Bowman 3 



John Smyth 4 H Smith 4 Hamilton 1 



CHunt 4 Allen 5 



No. 2, 10 singles, rapid firing. 



Bowmsn . 8 John Smith 6 A Smyth 8 



Clifford 8 Hamilton 3 Wilson 10 



H Smith 7 Allen 7 



Club medals, 25 singles, rapid firing. 



Bowman 16 D Smith 16 Hamilton 10 



Allen 22 Spencer 16 Hunt 19 



Wilson 23 A Smyth 18 Joe Smvtb ..12 



Bowron 17 John Smyth 19 H Smith 18 



Clifford 16 Parker .18 Eby w 



Ties on 22 won by Allen. Wilson. 



to §omspondmte. 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



J. M. S , Camden, N. J.— Are pike and pickerel tbe same? Ans. 

 No. The true pike is a much larger fish than the pickerel; it has 

 no scales on the lower half of the gill-cover, and is light spotted 

 on a dark body color. The pickerel has the cheek bone and gill- 

 cover fully scaled, and is covered with a network of narrow, dark 

 lines on a greenish body color. The differences are clearly shown 

 in Forest and Stream of April 2, April 9 and May 14, 1891, by 

 means of descriptions and illustrations. 



V. L. T., Buffalo, N. Y.— I send this day per U. S. Express paid 

 box with fish caught by me at Lewiston, N. Y., in Niagara River. 

 It is a hard fighter and sharp biter, not verv well known here, =o 

 please let me know what it is? Ans. Tbe fish is usually called the 

 mudfish or bowfin (Amid calm). It is known also as lawver, 

 grindle, John A. Grindle, brindle-Bsh. dogfish and paissoii de 

 marais. The name lawyer, it is suggested, was applied to the fish 

 because it is bull-headed and slippery. The flesn of the mudfish 

 is soft and pasty and worthless for the table; but the animal is 

 noted for its game qualities and its young make excellent live 

 bait for pike and pickerel. The mudfish will live longer out of 

 water than a catfish, owing to the lung-like structure of its air- 

 bladder, by means of which it is able to breathe air without the 

 intervention of water. Full accounts of this venerable.but inferior, 

 fish are given in the Fishery Industries, U- S„ page 659. plate 241, 

 in Dr. Jordan's paner on the fishps of Ohio, Geological Survey 

 of Ohio, Z"81ogy, Vol. IV., page 777, and in all other systematic 

 works on fishes. Forest and Stream also has given frequent 

 notices of the Amia. The fish is common in tbe Great Lake region 

 and throughout tbe Mississippi Valley to Texas, and in tbe East 

 from Pennsylvania to Florida. 



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